The rate of obesity in the U.S. is climbing and Memphis is the second fattest city in the nation. Obesity can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and other health complications. People wanting to lose weight try all kinds of diets without long term success. The dietetic interns and students from the University of Memphis have a better approach, healthy eating. Learn how to choose and cook the healthiest options with grocery store tours and nutrition classes in local libraries. Our grocery store tours and nutrition classes are free and open to anyone. Please call 901-678-2989 to register.Ruth Williams-Hooker, Associate Professor, University of Memphis

Calling out Hollywood celebrities

DUIs, illegal drugs, rehab clinics, kids out of wedlock with different girl/boyfriends and different spouses, numerous marriages, divorces, rude public behavior, breaking any law, as they consider themselves immune to arrest. Public display of obscenity, nudity and profane language, and so, who are these people?

They are Hollywood actors, entertainers, celebrities who are in the public eye every day on screen, TV, concerts, print paper and many are involved with the #MeToo Movement on the negative side. And most work in a fictitious, make-believe world and want to tell us who to vote for.

They have no respect for the POTUS, who is actually making America great again. Joe Mercer, Memphis